Uhlenbeck-Ford model

Functional form

The Uhlenbeck-Ford model is given by :

$U_{UF}(r)=-{\frac {p}{\beta }}\ln \left(1-e^{-(r/\sigma )^{2}}\right)$

where

• $p>0$ is a scaling factor;
• $\beta \equiv (k_{B}T)^{-1}$ is the well depth (energy);
• $r\equiv |\mathbf {r} _{1}-\mathbf {r} _{2}|$ is the interparticle distance;
• $\sigma$ is a length-scale parameter.

References

Related reading

• Rodolfo Paula Leite, Rodrigo Freitas, Rodolfo Azevedo and Maurice de Koning "The Uhlenbeck-Ford model: Exact virial coefficients and application as a reference system in fluid-phase free-energy calculations", Journal of Chemical Physics 145, 194101 (2016)
• Rodolfo Paula Leite, Pedro Antonio Santos-Flórez, and Maurice de Koning "Uhlenbeck-Ford model: Phase diagram and corresponding-states analysis", Physical Review E 96, 032115 (2017)